Ruchi Sanghvi, the former vice President, Operations at Dropbox, has also invested in Hike.

Hike said that these tech veterans have invested in the company in their personal capacities and are playing advisors to it.

“It’s great to have the world’s top brains in tech share Hike’s vision; and not just entrust us with their investment, but more importantly, also advise us on our product and strategy.

Each of the them brings with him/her a core area of expertise, which we at Hike find immensely useful as we aggressively grow in India," Kavin Bharti Mittal, Founder and CEO, Hike Messenger, said in a statement.

Launched in December 2012, Hike has seen phenomenal growth in India over these last 3 years, having acquired 70 million users and transacting over 30 billion messages per month.

“India is close to our hearts and we understand the challenges faced by the billion plus people of India. It’s quite clear that messaging is playing a key role in bringing people online in a mobile first market like India and Hike Messenger has begun to play a pivotal role in that market. We are both aligned to Hike’s vision and are excited about what comes next,” Ruchi Sanghvi, ex-Vice President, Operations, Dropbox and Aditya Agarwal, Vice President, Engineering, Dropbox, said in a statement.

“As an online social media entrepreneur myself, I have keenly observed India. I believe in Hike Messenger’s vision and I can see the team gearing up and are well positioned for aggressive growth in the country,” Matt Mullenweg, Founder and CEO of Automattic Inc. and Co-Founder of WordPress, said.

Over the last year, Hike has brought on board solid leadership from brands like PepsiCo, Amazon, Unilever, Zynga etc. to power its next phase of growth and has been hiring top global talent.

The company so far raised $86 million from Tiger Global and Bharti SoftBank, the joint venture between Japan’s SoftBank and Bharti Enterprises.